TikTok settles lawsuit with Alabama for at least $100 million, will implement safety features
The deal adds two-hour daily limits, overnight curfews and stronger age checks after Alabama alleged TikTok’s design harmed teens’ mental health.
- On Friday, Alabama reached a settlement with TikTok and ByteDance requiring the platform to impose new usage limits, including two-hour daily caps and pauses after 15 minutes of use for state residents.
- Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall sued the company last year, alleging the app was engineered to hook young users 'just like a sophisticated gambling machine,' with the state claiming self-harm emergency room visits had to 'skyrocket.'
- Focusing on the effectiveness of 'Restricted Mode' and 'Kids Mode,' Alabama's investigation involved setting up accounts as users aged 13, 14 and 15 to demonstrate that TikTok served harmful content despite these safety features.
- TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100m under the settlement, with potential growth to $300m if 40 other attorneys general sign on similar agreements. The company has now settled all cases selected for trial.
- This settlement follows a $17.1bn Meta settlement reached last month with 47 states. TikTok argues the Federal Communications Decency Act shields it from liability, yet the company has now resolved its most immediate legal threats.
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